Spring is in the air and photography seems to be the look of the season in Santa Barbara’s art scene. From awe-inspiring nature scenes to motor-racing photographs, there is a trend in local galleries and museums focused on the lens. But don’t forget about paintings, as they’re not to be missed.
A blaze in the predawn hours raged for 90 minutes in Old Town Goleta, destroying two businesses, before fire crews extinguished it.
D IS FOR DARING: Quirky up-and-coming singer/songwriters are not in short supply these days, but Drew Danburry has got the goods.
I’m no stranger to sedation.
As a teen, whenever the storm of adolescence would shudder through my soul and come surging out of my face in the form of sobs and tears, my mother would offer me Valium.
The same moment that the congratulatory speeches, thank-yous, and award ceremonies began at Santa Barbara’s newly opened teen center on Friday, March 16, a funeral mass for Luis Angel Linares commenced three blocks away at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.
The tenure of President George W. Bush has not been funny. Unprovoked war, unanswered hurricanes, tortured prisoners, richer rich, poorer poor, and top-level corruption do not make for not good punch lines.
Stacy Hill, a junior from Dos Pueblos High School, will represent Santa Barbara at the statewide Poetry Out Loud (POL) memorization and recitation competition in Sacramento on March 23.
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Dawn Dais, self-proclaimed couch potato and author of the hilarious The Non-Runner’s Marathon Guide for Women, tackled a marathon in memory of her grandfather.
Gangs and Prison Life: A 15-year-old Santa Barbara boy is dead. His life is over. A 14-year-old is accused of his murder. If convicted, his life will never be the same. Police have also charged four other suspects in connection with the older boy’s death: two 16-year-olds, one 14-year-old, and a 13-year-old.
